{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-regulations-1993/regulation-87F",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-regulations-1993/regulation-87F.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/3138",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/87F",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "87F",
  "heading": "Format and Duration of Certificate",
  "text": "(1) A certificate of permission must be in a form approved by the Secretary of State, and must state—\n(a) the name of the ship;\n(b) the names of the owners;\n(c) the names of the bareboat charterers;\n(d) the date and duration of the charter-party;\n(e) the name of the register in which the ship is to be registered;\n(f) the date of expiry of the certificate of permission; and\n(g) that, for the period of the certificate of permission, the ship is not a United Kingdom ship and has no right to fly the flag of the United Kingdom.\n(2) Unless renewed under regulation 87H, cancelled under regulation 87J or revoked under regulation 87K, a certificate of permission is valid for a period of 5 years, beginning with the date of issue of that certificate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 10A inserted (29.3.2019) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/509), regs. 1(2), 23"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3138/regulation/87F",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:44:37.150051+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}